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Preparing to Overland Africa to save wildlife from South Africa to Ethiopia and back

Jul 17, 2018 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: #NikelaAfrica, Land Rover, Living in a Landy, Nikela Blog Tagged: 2018-2019, Land Rover, South Africa to Ethiopia, Traveling Africa

Today we begin our eight month journey. We fly from Dallas Texas in the USA to Doha Qatar in the Middle East on to Johannesburg, South Africa. The entire journey will take about 30 hours. This is about preparing to overland Africa 2018-2019. Why do we do this? In our small way we’re about helping people saving wildlife. Preparing to overland Africa to save wildlife in our old Land Rover requires a few things: Like securing a carnet de passage for border crossings (sort of a vehicle passport), a Comesa (third party auto insurance), updated vehicle registration, buying hard to…

Another Endangered Pangolin Rescued From The Illegal Wildlife Trade In Uganda

Jul 11, 2018 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: #NikelaAfrica, Moses, Nikela Blog, wildlife conservation, Wildlife Trafficking Tagged: endangered pangolin, Moses Arineitwe, save the pangolin, wildlife trafficking

This odd little creature, the highly endangered pangolin, rolls itself up in a ball for protection. Sadly, although its scaly exterior has saved it from many a lion, they are also the pangolin‘s very undoing. Thousands of these scaly anteaters are caught in Africa and illegally shipped to Asia where its scales are considered a delicacy. Fortunately, this is a story of a pangolin rescued from the wildlife trafficking horror by a dedicated man named Moses. For the past few years Moses has been saving wildlife in his area of Uganda outside of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. He educates his…

Raiding Elephants, Foes Now Friends and More Wildlife News from the Thuma Forest

Jul 3, 2018 · by Nikela Volunteer/Guest blogger · In: elephant, Human Wildlife Conflict, Lynn, Nikela Blog, wild animals Tagged: elephants, human wildlife conflicts, Lynn Clifford, Sheri Gann, WAG

For the past two years we’ve been involved with Lynn and her work in the Thuma Forest in Malawi. But we’ve never had so much good news to share before. Many thanks to Nikela Volunteer Sheri Gann for this informative summary: Raiding Bulls and a Mistaken Identity For many years now Chaka, our tuskless bull, has been blamed for breaking the fence line, raiding crops, and killing people. In February we had a spate of fence breaking and rangers tracked the elephant. We then hired a helicopter from African Parks and with the help of Dr. Amanda Said were able…

Open Letter Reveals Vile Secrets of Trophy Hunting in Africa

Jun 26, 2018 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: canned hunting, Nikela Blog, trophy hunting Tagged: African lions, Cecil the lion, trophy hunting

There are times when apauling news must be shared. When I caught John Varty’s post on Facebook revealing the most vile secrets of trophy hunting in Africa, I was horrified. With his permission, what follows is his open letter… In support of the ongoing investigation into the death of the dominant male lion Skye, who was killed in the Umbabat Reserve, I am republishing the letter I wrote to Theo Bronkhorst, the professional hunter who shot Cecil the lion. Incidentally, the American hunter Palmer and Theo Bronkhorst were never prosecuted. Hello Theo I grew up in a hunting environment. Both my…

How lights help farmers save the last wild lions

Jun 19, 2018 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: Human Wildlife Conflict, lion, Nikela Blog, wildlife conseration Tagged: human-wildlife conflict, lions, Philipo

Almost daily the death of another lion is splashed across the media. With the wild lion population plummeting to dangers levels, some say 20,000 while others as few as 2,000, the killing has to stop. Philipo and Patti are among those who discovered that lights help farmers keep lions away from their livestock. [See four testimonials from farmers below.] Apparently lights are associated with humans. Humans with torches. Of course lions are no dummies, so for lights to deter lions they must appear to be moving. Enter the random flashing light. There’s nothing too amazing about a flashing light. However,…

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Preparing to Overland Africa to save wildlife from South Africa to Ethiopia and back

Another Endangered Pangolin Rescued From The Illegal Wildlife Trade In Uganda

Raiding Elephants, Foes Now Friends and More Wildlife News from the Thuma Forest

Open Letter Reveals Vile Secrets of Trophy Hunting in Africa

How lights help farmers save the last wild lions

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